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Cystic mastitis
Fibrocystic disease characterized by fluid-filled lesions that are tender and that are related to estrogen stimulation. Mastitis resulting in formation of cysts that give the breast a nodular feeling upon palpation.
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Cysticercus
Encysted intermediate stage of a tape-worm formed in the alternate host. The larva of a tapeworm of the genus Taenia, found in pork, which is enclosed in a cyst. A larval stage of some tapeworms in which the scolex and neck are invaginated into a large fluid-filled cyst. The cysts develop in the muscles or…
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Cyclert
A commercial preparation of pemoline.
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Cyclothymic personality
A person characterized by frequently alternating moods of elation and sadness stimulated by internal rather than external events, cyclothymic; cycloid.
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Cyclothymic
A temperament identified by Kretschmer characterized by a person who is jolly, genial, and good-natured but who would fluctuate between elated and depressed moods, schizothymic cyclothymic personality.
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Cyclosis
The circulatory movement of protoplasm within a cell. A streaming of cytoplasm within a cell.
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Cycloid
A personality type characterized by marked mood alterations between elation and depression, cyclothymic personality.
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Cyclical psychodynamics
The reciprocal relations between current behavior and repressed conflicts, such that they mutually reinforce each other.
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Cyclazocine
A synthetic substitute for heroin which reduces the pharmacological effects of heroin. It acts as a narcotic antagonist produces dependence, withdrawal syndrome produces no further craving for it. Treatment with consists of two steps: (a) use of to reduce craving for heroin, resulting in with drawal from heroin. Daily injections of obstruct the euphoric effect…
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Cybernetics
The science that studies the relationship of computer engineering and human neurology. The science of communication processes and automatic control systems in both machines and living things: a study linking the working of the brain and nervous system with the functioning of computers and automated feedback devices. The science of communication and control in the…
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